US Army Awards $243M for Counter-IED Programs

Sept. 17, 2013 defense-aerospace.com

(Source: US Department of Defense; issued Sept. 17, 2013)

Pentagon Contract Announcement

Science Applications International, McLean, Va., was awarded a $179,585,058 firm-fixed-price, non-option-eligible, non-multi-year contract in support of the Saturn Arch program and provides continued operations, sustainment and integration of aircraft platforms configured to host a suite of sensors deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

This is a hybrid contract containing both fixed-price and cost-reimbursement line items.

Performance locations will be: Beavercreek, Ohio; California, Md.; Hanahan, S.C.; Arlington, McLean and Bridgewater, Va.; Djibouti and Afghanistan; with funding from fiscal 2013 other authority funds.

This contract was a non-competitive acquisition with one bid solicited and with one bid received.

The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Redstone Arsenal (Aviation), Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-13-C-0134).

SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., was awarded a $62,337,287 firm-fixed-price, non-option-eligible, non-multi-year contract in support of the Desert Owl program and provides continued operations, sustainment and integration of aircraft platforms configured to host a suite of sensors deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

This is a hybrid contract containing both fixed-price and cost-reimbursement line items.

Performance locations will be: Menlo Park and San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Durango, Colo.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Beavercreek, Ohio; Arlington, McLean and Bridgewater, Va.; and Afghanistan, with funding from fiscal 2013 other authority and fiscal 2013 operations and maintenance Army funds.

This contract was a non-competitive acquisition with one bid solicited and with one bid received.

The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Redstone Arsenal (Aviation), Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-13-C-0135).

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Both Saturn Arch and Desert Owl are counter-IED programs managed by the US Army and deployed in Afghanistan.)